Articles from Vol. 43, No. 5, 2012

INTRODUCTIONStudies meant to allow "cross-cultural" comparisons may be fatally flawed by the concepts, instruments, and discoveries of one culture being applied uncritically to another (namely, "etic" errors; cf. current discussions and examples in Chand,...

INTRODUCTIONPsychological research has linked religiosity with some dimensions of mental health among African Americans (e.g., Koenig, 1998; Mattis, 2000; Taylor, Chatters, and Levin, 2004), and in sociology there is a body of scholarship addressing...

INTRODUCTIONMarriage is an essential institution in Pakistan and is considered an important moral and social obligation. The choice made in marriage is a critical determinant of women's adult lives so that laws and customs governing marriage are of vital...

INTRODUCTIONIn spite of many efforts and programs carried out by organizations, governments, researchers, and civilians, domestic violence continues to affect millions1. According to the World Health Organization, between 10% and 52% of women living...

This issue focuses on types of adult unions and the consequences these forms have for the participants. This issue's papers move us in a circular pattern from a macro-level and global perspective down to the couple level and then back to the policy issue...

INTRODUCTIONDue to the interrelation of work and family domains recent scholarship has been devoted to determining the impact of women's rising employment on the home (Bátalo va and Cohen, 2002; Bianchi, Milkie, Robinson, and Sayer, 2000; Doucet, 2006;...

INTRODUCTIONIntimate Partner Violence IPV is a global issue that transcends geographical boundaries and pervades all social strata. While precise information on this is difficult to come by, authoritative statistics reveal that the extent of physical...

INTRODUCTIONThe Increase in Work-Related Mobility in the Global EconomyThe flow of goods, information, economic capital, and people across borders is the defining feature of globalization. Recent trends in labor mobility suggest that less emphasis is...

INTRODUCTIONThe legalization of same-sex relationships and the rise in non-marital cohabitation have considerable debate about relationship rights, the rise of individualism, the meaning of marriage, and the decline of 'the traditional family' (Beck-Gernsheim,...

Barbara Da Roit. STRATEGIES OFCARE: CHANGING ELDERLY CARE IN ITALY AND THE NETHERLANDS. Amsterdam University Press (available in the United States through the University of Chicago Press), (20 1 0), 2 1 7 pages, ISBN #978-9089642240.This new and very...

INTRODUCTIONOver the past four decades, a trend towards late marriage and non-marriage has characterized all the countries of East and Southeast Asia, though to varying degrees. In countries of the East Asian cultural realm - Japan, Taiwan, South Korea,...